Fisherman s minnow-bucket



(No Model.)

G. BARTON.

PISHERMANS MINNOW BUCKET.

110,302,086. 4 Patented '15, 1884.

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'description.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT .OFFICE.

GEORGE w. BARTON, or BETHLEHEM, KENTUCKY.

FISHERMANS MlNNOW-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,086, datedJuly 15,1884.

' Application filed February 24, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, GEORGE XV. BARTON, of Bethlehem, in the county ofHenry and State of Kentucky, have invented a newand Improved FishermansMinnow-Bucket, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact 'Myinvention relates to improvements in fishermens minnow-buckets; and itconsists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe figures.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of my new and improved minnow-bucket,the false bottom being adapted to be raised by hand. Fig. 2 is asectional elevation of the .bucket, the

.false bottom being adapted to be raised by a spring; and Fig. 3 is asectional plan view taken on the line ac a: of Fig. 2.

The body A of the bucket is of the ordinary form. In the center of thebottom of the bucket A is secured the vertical rod B, upon which thefalse bottom 0 is placed. The false bottom is" perforated with numeroussmall. holes, and is, by preference, slightly dished or concaved, and inthe form of bucket shownin Fig. 1 is provided with the vertical springrods D D, which pass up through the loops 1) b, secured to the rod Bnear its upper end, and these rods are provided with the series ofcorresponding proje0ti0ns, a a, that are adapted I to rest upon theloopsb b, for supporting the false bottom at any desired depth in thebucket. I

In the form of bucket shown in Figs. 2 and 3, instead. of thespring-rods 'D D, the false bottom 0 is provided with the central tube,E, which fits over the rod B, and upon the rod B, under the falsebottom, is placedthe coiled spring-F, for forcing the false bottomupward. For holding the false bottom in this construction at any desireddepth in the bucket I form in the rod B the stop-notch '6, and providethe tube E with the series of springcatches ff, the ends of which reachthrough small slots in the tube, so as to be adapted to engage withthenotch t, as will be understood. from Fig. 2; and for disengaging thecatches from the notch, so that the false bottom may be raised andlowered in the bucket, I adapt the tube E and false bottom to be turnedaX- by the hand, or to be suddenly forced upward by the spring F.

In the form of bucket shownin Fig. 1 the projections a a are to bedisengaged from the loops Z) Z) for raising and lowering the falsebottom bysimply drawing the rods toward each other, thus leaving thefalse bottom free to be either raised or lowered by the rods D D byhand. A minnow-bucket made in this manner is very convenient, since theminnows in the bucket may all be raised to the surface of the water inthe bucket and caught in the hand without rolling up the sleeves anddelv-' ing the hand intothe water, as must be done with the ordinaryform of minnow-bucket.

Besides, the'bucket is cheap and durable.

Instead of using the several catches ff, a

singlepivoted spring-operated catch may be downward against the tensionof the spring combination, with a central guide-rod secured -saidtube,and spring F, surrounding the guiderod and arranged between the falsebottom and the bottom of the bucket,.substantia lly as shown anddescribed.

' GEORGE W. BARTON.

Witnesses:

J. W. Boori-r, 1

L. B. HALL.

